KPC-producing Enterobacter aerogenes infection

INFECTIOUS DISEASES Brief communication KPC-producing Enterobacter aerogenes infection

Background: Enterobacter is a common nosocomial microorganism and its carbapenem’s resistance has increased. The management of these cases is unclear. Objective: We evaluated 16 patients with KPC-producing Enterobacter aerogenes infections, detailing the site of infection, therapy, clinical and epidemiological data. Methods: A retrospective and descriptive study. Clinical data were revised and ...

Isolation of KPC 3-producing Enterobacter aerogenes in a patient colonized by MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae.

We describe the interspecies transmission of the plasmid-mediated blaKPC-3 gene, which confers carbapenem resistance, between clinically relevant gram-negative bacteria in a single patient. A KPC-3 producing Enterobacter aerogenes was isolated from a hospitalized patient previously colonized and then infected by a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST101 carrying the blaKPC-3 gene. The strains showed identi...

Epidemiological typing of Enterobacter aerogenes.

The applicability of Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella typing reagents for classifying clinical strains of Enterobacter aerogenes was evaluated. Of 75 strains, none were agglutinated by E. cloacae O antisera or were sensitive to E. cloacae bacteriophages. In contrast, 70 strains reacted with Klebsiella capsular antisera. Two-thirds of the strains were lysed by Klebsiella typing phages. A set ...

Isolation of inducible amp C beta-lactamase producing Enterobacter aerogenes from a diabetic foot ulcer.

-lactamases are a major cause of resistance to the -lactam antibiotics. Many classes of -lactamases have been described depending on substrate specificity and susceptibility to inhibitors [1]. Amp C -lactamases are able to hydrolyse all penicillins and cephalosporins and are not inhibited by clavulanic acid. Bacteria that produce these enzymes are resistant to all penicillins including lac...

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Isolates Producing KPC-3, North Dakota, USA